diff --git a/libnids/.footprint b/libnids/.footprint
index 94569f4c6..f06d279b5 100644
--- a/libnids/.footprint
+++ b/libnids/.footprint
@@ -3,3 +3,10 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/nids.h
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libnids.a
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libnids.so -> libnids.so.1.24
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libnids.so.1 -> libnids.so.1.24
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libnids.so.1.24
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/man/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/man/man3/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/man/man3/libnids.3.gz
diff --git a/libnids/.signature b/libnids/.signature
index 8c4fcb5ed..b4f54322c 100644
--- a/libnids/.signature
+++ b/libnids/.signature
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
-RWSagIOpLGJF38SLaEXAsuln5h+GZ+YKxNI9YgUSywivhQli4ktJfIPWftB9Pb9t/xr+HAKrtsCbpELhTXe6HFMJYjOYwGBXWww=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 5a3335b0c221c10943a07cea66d6376c4a13f11b7859f5ee5726070d3dac9b65
-SHA256 (.footprint) = d2e39b3b0a3279b7b56ae41704f9d9e340ae10913913cf70c363584879a0d85f
+RWSagIOpLGJF30wFRwf4M9BsgcQ5JU+YUjDTZXpKSAeRlMp27onsLSjfoQPkI9DTvN84MA0sdoAefA4hQHVrrxSwJxdUAHK2lA4=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 9a729a1ab15b9956a6bd60ded0844ee478d31b634be841eab503683779b7ffa0
+SHA256 (.footprint) = 42b9c8ab45c73b3b70d0dc2bab71db5efd818a4dbad22f484e23f913e490e4ce
 SHA256 (libnids-1.24.tar.gz) = 314b4793e0902fbf1fdb7fb659af37a3c1306ed1aad5d1c84de6c931b351d359
diff --git a/libnids/Pkgfile b/libnids/Pkgfile
index bae818b7d..56d0a2bc6 100644
--- a/libnids/Pkgfile
+++ b/libnids/Pkgfile
@@ -5,13 +5,18 @@
 
 name=libnids
 version=1.24
-release=1
-source=(http://download.sourceforge.net/libnids/$name-$version.tar.gz)
+release=2
+source=(https://sourceforge.net/projects/$name/files/$name/$version/$name-$version.tar.gz)
 
 build() {
-    cd  $name-$version
-    ./configure --prefix=/usr
-    make
-    install -m 644 -D src/libnids.a $PKG/usr/lib/libnids.a
-    install -m 644 -D src/nids.h $PKG/usr/include/nids.h
+  cd  $name-$version
+
+  ./configure \
+    --prefix=/usr \
+    --man=/usr/share/man \
+    --enable-shared
+
+  make
+  make install_prefix="$PKG" install
+  ln -s libnids.so.1.24 $PKG/usr/lib/libnids.so.1
 }